I watched some matches and I feel like guard or m80 would win vs any team other than NRG, why are na franchise teams so bad?
Yeah, seems like I know only orgs that are more "international" in terms of fanbase and not country/region specific, I don't know shit about France or Spain, Vitality are well-known in cs but they have no good teams in other disciplines unlike navi fnatic liquid. (All have TIs, fnatic and navi have multiple cs majors(1.6 included), liquid have a grand slam etc)
What we saw in Sao Paolo, was like a starter event, just showcasing all the teams managing to franchise this year. The teams' main focus is the Masters Qualifiers and the Masters itself. So what they are doing is just feeling how good the players are on their basic aim skills and what strats could be made on the go( since they are in different regions, scrimming is negligible) . They did use some bootleg strats just to check if they work against different regions. I think the teams will definitely show their true colours in those stages. For the T2, it is basically what they get, so they need to pump all the strats at this stage itself. Not taking anything from M80 or Guard, they are super good imo but on Tarik's streams the M80 guys said that they were getting bodied by a few T1 teams....so we need to wait and watch!!